College vs. Campus

Collegenoun

(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

Collegenoun

(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

Collegenoun

(politics) An electoral college.

Collegenoun

An academic institution.

Collegenoun

A specialized division of a university.

Collegenoun

An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

Collegenoun

Attendance at an institution of higher education.

Collegenoun

A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

Collegenoun

A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

Collegenoun

(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.

Collegenoun

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

Collegenoun

A high school or secondary school.

Collegenoun

(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.

Collegenoun

(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.

Collegenoun

(in Chile) A bilingual school.

Collegenoun

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

Collegenoun

A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

Collegenoun

A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

Collegenoun

Fig.: A community.

Collegenoun

the body of faculty and students of a college

Collegenoun

an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

Collegenoun

British slang for prison

Collegenoun

a complex of buildings in which a college is housed

College

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.

Campusnoun

The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

Campusnoun

An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

Campusverb

To confine to campus as a punishment.

Campusnoun

The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

Campusnoun

a college or university.

Campusnoun

a division of a university with its own buildings and a separate faculty, especially one separated geographically from other divisiona, but sharing top administration with other units of the university; as, the Newark campus of Rutgers.

Campusnoun

higher education considered as a whole; as, the financial effects of research cutbacks on the campus.

Campusnoun

a business site with pleasant landscaping; as, the Squibb research campus at Princeton.

Campusnoun

a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like settings.